Verse:Mwail/Ryooteq: Difference between revisions

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==Grammar==

===Number===

As in Navajo, grammatical number is not marked on nouns, rather verbs index the number of their argument nouns.

Pronouns use three numbers: singular ({{sc|sg}}) representing one object, paucal ({{sc|pc}}) for a few, and plural ({{sc|pl}}) for many. The paucal form usually denotes two to nine items, but the boundary between paucal and plural is quite fluid; a paucal could be used for a larger number for contrast with a much larger number of things. The plural number in pronouns also serves as an honorific; complementarily, using paucal pronouns where a plural is expected entails a "dishonorific", humble or pejorative meaning.

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===Word order===

The constituent order defaults to SXVO/SVOX, but topicalization may promote a constituent to first position. Adjectives and genitives usually follow the noun unless they are topicalized, focalized or used to form appositional collocations. Genitive/possessive pronouns always precede the possessed NP.

Two types of function words can be recognized in Netagin: ''proclitics'' (coordinating conjunctions, topic/focus, etc.), which attach to the host or to another clitic and form what counts as one word, and ''relators'' (prepositions and subordinating conjunctions) which occupy second position (a.k.a. Wackernagel's position) in their dependent noun phrases or clauses.

~~===Number===~~

There exist three numbers in Netagin: singular ({{sc|sg}}) representing one object, paucal ({{sc|pc}}) for a few, and plural ({{sc|pl}}) for many. The paucal form usually denotes two to nine items, but the boundary between paucal and plural is quite fluid; a paucal could be used for a larger number for contrast with a much larger number of things. The plural number in pronouns also serves as an honorific; complementarily, using paucal pronouns where a plural is expected entails a "dishonorific", humble or pejorative meaning.

====Nominal number====

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||''habhráˀ<sup>L</sup>''|| so, therefore

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==Syntax==

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 ==Grammar==
+===Number===
+As in Navajo, grammatical number is not marked on nouns, rather verbs index the number of their argument nouns.
+Pronouns use three numbers: singular ({{sc|sg}}) representing one object, paucal ({{sc|pc}}) for a few, and plural ({{sc|pl}}) for many. The paucal form usually denotes two to nine items, but the boundary between paucal and plural is quite fluid; a paucal could be used for a larger number for contrast with a much larger number of things. The plural number in pronouns also serves as an honorific; complementarily, using paucal pronouns where a plural is expected entails a "dishonorific", humble or pejorative meaning.
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 ===Word order===
 The constituent order defaults to SXVO/SVOX, but topicalization may promote a constituent to first position. Adjectives and genitives usually follow the noun unless they are topicalized, focalized or used to form appositional collocations. Genitive/possessive pronouns always precede the possessed NP.
 Two types of function words can be recognized in Netagin: ''proclitics'' (coordinating conjunctions, topic/focus, etc.), which attach to the host or to another clitic and form what counts as one word, and ''relators'' (prepositions and subordinating conjunctions) which occupy second position (a.k.a. Wackernagel's position) in their dependent noun phrases or clauses.
-===Number===
-There exist three numbers in Netagin: singular ({{sc|sg}}) representing one object, paucal ({{sc|pc}}) for a few, and plural ({{sc|pl}}) for many. The paucal form usually denotes two to nine items, but the boundary between paucal and plural is quite fluid; a paucal could be used for a larger number for contrast with a much larger number of things. The plural number in pronouns also serves as an honorific; complementarily, using paucal pronouns where a plural is expected entails a "dishonorific", humble or pejorative meaning.
 ====Nominal number====
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 ||''habhráˀ<sup>L</sup>''|| so, therefore
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 ==Syntax==
 [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Tricin]]